Volstead Act

The Volstead Act was an act that prohibited intoxicating beverages and regulated the use of alcohol for medical and scientific purposes, passed by the US Congress on 28 October 1919. The act began the American Prohibition era, and the Bureau of Prohibition was formed to enforce the act by finding, cataloguing, and destroying all illegal liquor, and some people took advantage of Prohibition to smuggle liquor, becoming "bootleggers".